Portable cableway.



J. H. DIGKINSN.

PORTABLE CABLEWAY.

APPLIUATION FILED A1 n 7,19o8.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911;

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J. H. DIUKINSON.

PORTABLE 'GABLEWAY.

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JOSEPH H. DICKINSON, OF MONTCLAB, NEW JERSEY.'

@ETABLE CABLEWAY.'

Spenication of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 14, 191.1.

Application :"ile Apri. 7, 1908. Serial 10. 425,649.

vTo all whom i may Concern:

Bi.- iih'iimvn ihm .iisiciii H. Diwiiiilsn, :i citizen 0f the V{niicd Staden. :ind fi resident 0i h'lnliiifhiil', in ihn irniiniy of 15550K and Siiiif of v Jai'sny, haii@ invented cc-i'siin iciiiinn.

lMii' invnninn whimsI 'to new :ind iisiefiii iniprovnniiins in pintahh'- ffzihlei'ii'lvs nini'- iciihii'iy dcsigniid for logging. ind ihn priniiiry nbjnift of ythe4 invenifimiis in provide :in iinpi'oved and Qicien:ippiilfiins adapted, in hcilimspniilr'd iiinngr a-i'iick from phice in pince. :ind which wild inchide :in improved 'fnl-ni 0i? hond Spiii. so :i1-winged find von- .Qtrncl'od thzif it 'muy be dei'ncssednr folded fm1iiiiispiii'tmi'iing'iiind ironi'eiiieiiliy ui'uciod /pociziliy afhipfnd in 'i-ziiispni'iniioii, :ind which wllbinchide simple sind @ffii-inni', iiieiins for inainiuiiing the main ciihinwiiy 'nndiei prnpe tension. i.

Anoher n' i .ct in provid@ si guy m snppiiit for Chill tinvinn'nd :i inefiiis for securing th main Cable which Wili he inici:- Ohangeable in use and fiinciun S0 :is m nan'iit the Cable being' nwd in zi nnnibei (if dii'fsi'iions Without ifi'ifinging the suma gcnm-:il iiriiingninen of ih@ guy and Sscnring wenn?.

'The invention Consists in 'the niiiistriiction.

higging operations :iie .'0

tower shnwing :i modiiid forni iii ilii: inici vhzingczihh-x 'guy sind infini :uhh: nnnnvction,

fnl' 'ihnsiike of cnrnnns. Fig.v (5 is :i View Showing' iinoihvr inhodnnent @if the mierchangeable guy and innin czihle connection.

l {cfm-ring now in ihnv ihiiwing's in detail, A indimtcs ihn frame., whiih niziy hu in the nzitni'n nf zi nhiiifiiifin nihasn, :ind which in dwy l'n'esuni, i'iisfzincc piiiviilfd wiih iin own iiiopeiiiiig' vninffhib i'iinni. The piziti'orni of the minis iii'm'iilcd accompanying Upon (he. phiii'in'ni fiihaisiiis '1' This lSlip-1k ii'hii, thil #kidding i'iiiiii 20. 'Whici'i also :iets

iis :iii inhiiid. connected with@ drinn Z) (if 'iisnmi Afunn ihn di'i'iiii a 0i" ihn engine C.

the engine and actuated thereby, and the slack-pulling rope 2l is actuated by the drum c. f As above stated, the connection of the 5 main cable to the tower is in the nature of a running block and fall of substantially the type shown in-'the Miller and Dickinson Patent No. 808,246, the rope 24 connecting the two blocks passing down to the drum Z of the engine D, and whereby the main cable is tensioned by tightening or loosening this rope as desired. The drum e of the enginea D actuates the changing line 25. lVhen the toweris in its elevated position and for the logging operation, it is of course desirable to Sultably guy or support the tower and, above stated in the present apparatus, it my purpose to log on either side ot the track at an angle thereto and not around the entire head-tree. Therefore, I provide a suitable number of guys, preferably four, these guys being .indicated by the numeral 26, which are secured atl one end to suitable anchorages, such as stumps 27. said guys then passing upward and' around sheaves 28 ad- ]acent to the top of the spar and thence downward to any suitable tension devices,l

Such as the tightening drums f actuated 4 from the engine D. In this instance I ten v sion the guys by means of the drums mounted upon the platform, of the car and actuated by power from the engine D, but it will of course be understood that if desirable I may employ a separate engine or I may provde a suitable hand-operated tension device. I also provide an additional guy which is arranged approximately opposite to the main cable, said guy being shown at 28a and is secured at one end to an anchorage such as theestump'- 29, while at its opposite end. said guy is provided with a .tension device orI running connection 29a similar tothe connection 17 of themain cable, that is to say, this connection comprises the two blocks with theY rope 30 reeved therethrough, and

'connected to the tension drum. d', which is similar to the drum d. It is my pu'lpose to have the main cable interchangeable withA the tensioning guy 28. That is to say, pre- 5() suming the device to be in Vthe position shown vin Fig. 2, if it be desired to log upon theopposite side of the track, the block and fall 17 is lowered andthe main cable disconnected therefrom. Similarly the tenl sioning guy 28 is disconnected from its running connection or block and fall 2S)a and one end of the main cable is then connected t0 the block and fall 29, and the main port-ion of the cable is then carried out and connected to a tail-tree, so that the main cable new extends in the same direction as the Igny did formerly, while such guy is then transferred t0 the. side ofthe tower previously occupied by the main cable and is .as i

connected to the block and fall 17. The main cable and the guy may then be tightened so that the logging operation may be continued. It will thus be noted thatlogging will take place on either side of the track by merely interclranging the main cable and the tension guy. Furthermore. by the construction shown and as will be seen by referring to Fig` il, it will be apparent that all this may take place without the logging' operation interfering with the guys 26, as the logs may be brought into the space lying between two of the guys 26 on the same side of the track. In Figs. 3 and 5, it will be seen, the blocks of the running connection or block and tall which nearest to the spar, are connected thereto through the medium ot' a cable or rope 32, said rope passing over a sheave 33 on the spar. By this arrangement the. block and. fall of the main cable and that oi the guy are. under cer'ain conditions, tice to move bodily relative to the spar. For instance, in case the guy should break while a heavy load is on the main cable, the block and tal-l of the guy would be pulled toward the top of the support sutliciently to secure enough deflection of the main cable to permit/thc load to settlel to the ground, thereby preventing undue tension being brought upon the remaining guys with the result and possibility oi." snapping the same'and wrecking the apparatus.Y

In Fig. G I have shown a modilied form 't tension arrangement for the guy and the main cable,.in this instance, one of the blocks 'of each block and tall connected to the spar near the top thereof as in 2, but instead of employing two tension ropes, one for each block and tall, I provide a single rope 34 passing from one tension drum d through one oi the blocks-and falls, for instance, that of the main cable, then over and across a sheave 33 thence reeifing through the other block and tall, and thence down to the second drum d. By this the same ad. vantageous arrangement as accomplished by the construction in Figs. 3 and 5 is attained, that is to say, securing the apparatus against great damage in case of breaking of the tension guy.

As is stated above, the connection of the platform to the trucks of the car by the strain "Lion certain of the guys. .Furtherf support on the platform, I may pivoter hinge said spar directly toI the platform and nay arrange the drums of the. engine D with kingpin arrangement permits a. certailr more, instead of mounting the spar upona` sii ins

a space or passageway between, so that the spar may be lowered or dropped without strihing'said drums. In` the construction shown in Fig. l the spar is mounted, as stated, upon an elevated supporti (l. and by `thi$ construction the drums ol the engine. l)

may be placed close together without the spar ,interferingr with the saine as Furl; spar in Such lowered position will extend over and above ,the drums. H desired, I may provide. a suitable Support 3T `for 'assisting in supporting the spar whelr the latter iS i1 its lowered position.

-llhile I hare herein shown and described one einbodin'ient of my invention, I wish it to be understood thatI I do not. limit myself tothe precise forni of construction herein delineated. but. that modification and variation-,may be made without departing from the lspirit of my intention and without excecding'the scope ofthe claims.

llaving thusv described my i1"1\eiition,what

- T claim is:

1. ln a cableway the combination with a support, a'rope conneetiolrfor the support,` a'luain cable, and a tension guy adapted to be.,.interchangeably connected to the rope connection.

2. The con'ibination with a support, ainain cable, a guy, and a connectionfor interchai'lgeahly connecting the main cable and the ejuy to the support.

fil. lhecombination ot a aupport, a main cable, a tension guy, and a plurality of ten- LQion devices connected to the support and adapted to tension the main cable and the nur 4. The combination with a support, a rableway connected to said Support', a running'connection between the cableway and the support, a rope drum for actuating the running connection, a guy, a running con-v nection between the guy andv support, and a second drum 'for actuating said running connection 'between the -guy and support.

n o. lhevconibination with av support, a cable, a lany, tension means connecting the main cable and the guy, and a plurality of drums for actuating said tension means.

6. The combination with a support, a ca bleway, a guy, a plurality of tension d ruins, and a rope havingr oneend at one of Said drums and extending' from the cable to the guy Iand back to the opposite drum, whereby the cableA andthe guy may be ten- 'sioned.

7. The combination with a support, a..

cable, and a guy, a plurality of'drnrn members, and a'tension' rope passing from one of Said drum members to the main cable, thence over the support tothe guy, and thenee'baek to another of said drums.r

8. The combination with a support, a. main.

cable, and a guy, two tension drums, a `sheave carried by said support, and a tension, rope extending troni one of Said drinne` to the main cable,` thence over theeheave on the support to the ,g'uy and thence back-'to the second of Said drums.' c

t). The combination with a support, a inain cable, a running connection including a ten- `Sion rope for the main fable, a drum for said tension rope, aA `guy, a running connection for said guy includingr the tension rope, a drinn for the running connection ot the guy, and means connecting the runnintcr connection of the main cable and the runningconnection of the guy.

10. The combination of a support, a niain cable anda guy, 4a tension device for the main cable, a tension'device for the guy, a flexible connection between the two tension devices, Said connection passing wer a. sheave carried by the support.

ll. The combination with a portable traine, of a supporting spar carried thereby, a main' cable, and a guy, a tension device connected to the spar and adapted to interchangeably receive the main cable and the guy.

.ropes of the cableway when the spar is in its lowered position. f

13. The col'nbination of a platttn'nn:aspar carried thereby, a cableway adapted to be supported by said Spar, a Support arranged adjacent. to the spar and a hearing member carried bysaid Support. f l

14. The combination of a portable forni, a spar carried thereby and adapted to be raised and lowered, a cableway adapted to be arranged in Supported engagement' with`the spar, and a support arranied adjacent to the spar.

15. The combination of va. platform. a spar carried by Said plat-form and adapted to be raised and lowered, )ivoted Stay` 'members for Said Spar, and a. cableway adapted to be mounted in supported engagement with Said spar.

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-16. The combination of a. portable plate foi-111,) a piyoted Spar carried thereby, piroted Stays Ior Said spar, a support, on thel platform adjacent to said Spar, and a. cableway adapted to b ar 'tinged in supported engagement. with the spar.

1T. The combination et a plat-torni, aspar support, a main cable, f L-iunning renner-,tionI secured to the cableway, a.- `guy tor the Sup port, a running connection tor the guy, and

independent Ameans for operating each of the guy, and means connecting the tension said running connections, devices' to each other, said connecting means f 19. In al cableway, the combination of a .being mounted on the support. support, n main cable, a guy, a tension de- 'In testimony whereof I have hereunto 5 Avice for the main cable, a tension device for signed my name to this specification in the 1? the guy, und means connecting the tension presence of two subscribing witnesses.

devices to each other. JOSEPH H. DICKINSODL` In a cablewuy, the combination of a Witnesses: snpport, e main cable, n guy, a tension dei R. B. CAVANAGH, 10 vlce for the mam cable, e tens1on device for T. E. HARDENBERGH, Jr.

Y It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 984,514, granted February 14, 19.11, npon the application of oseph H. Dickinson, of -MontclainNew Jersey, for nn improyement in Portable Cableways, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, -lbinee 49 and 55, the `reference- .nnmeral 28 should read 28.5; and thet the said Letters Patent should be read with i this correction 'therein that the same may conformto the `record of the case in the .Patent i'ce. i signed @d sealed ein mh yor iam-cnn, D., .1911.

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independent Ameans for operating each of the guy, and means connecting the tension said running connections, devices' to each other, said connecting means f 19. In al cableway, the combination of a .being mounted on the support. support, n main cable, a guy, a tension de- 'In testimony whereof I have hereunto 5 Avice for the main cable, a tension device for signed my name to this specification in the 1? the guy, und means connecting the tension presence of two subscribing witnesses.

devices to each other. JOSEPH H. DICKINSODL` In a cablewuy, the combination of a Witnesses: snpport, e main cable, n guy, a tension dei R. B. CAVANAGH, 10 vlce for the mam cable, e tens1on device for T. E. HARDENBERGH, Jr.

Y It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 984,514, granted February 14, 19.11, npon the application of oseph H. Dickinson, of -MontclainNew Jersey, for nn improyement in Portable Cableways, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, -lbinee 49 and 55, the `reference- .nnmeral 28 should read 28.5; and thet the said Letters Patent should be read with i this correction 'therein that the same may conformto the `record of the case in the .Patent i'ce. i signed @d sealed ein mh yor iam-cnn, D., .1911.

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It is hereby certified that in Lettere Patent No. 984,514, granted February 14,

A1911, upon the application of Joseph H. Dickinson, of Montclair, Newr Jersey, for

an improvement in Portable Cnbleways, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, linee 49 and 55, the referencenumeal 28 should read 28; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction 'therein that the same may eonform to the record of the case in the Patent lice.

Signed and sealed this 14th any o1V March, A. D., 1911.

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